Attire Accessories - Jul/Aug 2019 (Issue 77)

12 RESERVOIR WATCHES ENJOYS UK GROWTH FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL BASELWORLD Reservoir Watches is reporting strong growth in the UK following a successful attendance at Baselworld, where it showed the new Hydrosphere diving watch. The watch brand recently launched on to luxury retail platform farfetch.com , with the e-tailer assisting the UK rollout. François Moreau, CEO and founder of Reservoir Watches, said, “Farfetch’s mission of connecting creators with consumers on a global technology luxury platform is ideal for us as a small but exclusive producer of individual luxury, Swiss-made watches. It allows us to reach a young, vibrant and discerning customer the world over. We’re looking forward to a long and successful partnership with Farfetch as our brand develops and grows over the coming years.” Reservoir Watches is distributed by Verigroup in the UK and Ireland. NADIA MINKOFF LAUNCHES IMMERSIVE JEWELLERY- MAKING WORKSHOP Nadia Minkoff has launched a range of immersive jewellery workshops at its North London studio. The three-hour workshops run until the 27 th July and let consumers learn a new skill and try their hand at making jewellery. Visitors make a cluster necklace and earring, get given a detailed instruction sheet, drinks, snacks and a discount voucher. The workshop has been designed for novices and experts and teaches visitors how to use pins, rings and other items to create a professional finish. Visit nadiaminkoff.com MAJOR COUNTERFEITING OPERATION SHUT DOWN BY TRAP Trademark and Rights Holders Against Piracy (TRAP) recently announced that a major operation illegally making and selling trademarked clothing via eBay and Amazon has been broken up. Following a two-year investigation by brand protection company Surelock Global Investigators & Security Consultant, the industrial-scale screen-printing operation, in which the trademarks of artists, bands and sports teams were illegally printed on to apparel and then sold online, has been stopped. The individuals behind it have been prosecuted in a case brought by West Yorkshire Trading Standards. Apparel using imagery and logos of names such as Arctic Monkeys, Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, The Rolling Stones and Nirvana had garnered global counterfeit sales of more than £470,000 for the Yorkshire-based operation over a five-year period. Commercial merchandise piracy costs the industry more than £375million in lost sales each year. Online platforms have become a major target for this kind of piracy, with TRAP aiming to push back against this, asking rights holders and publishers to pressure worldwide marketplaces and auction sites to enforce stricter registration criteria for business seller accounts.As well as this it will partner with law enforcement agencies and supporting criminal litigation against persistent offenders. “We are grateful to Surelock and West Yorkshire Trading Standards for their hard work and professionalism,” said TRAP’s Trevor Jones. “TRAP will continue its work spreading awareness and building anti-piracy alliances to ensure that this sort of crime doesn’t pay.”